Casinum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈsiː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈs̬iː.num]
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin. Said by Varro to be of Oscan/Samnite origin and to mean "old forum." However, compare Casilinum, Casinomagus, Casuentum. According to Villar, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas- (“grey”), similar to canus, followed by the common name suffix -inum.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Casīnum n sg (genitive Casīnī); second declension
- a town in Latium, east of Aquīnum, now ruins near San Germano (a.k.a. Cassino); its citadel the present Monte Cassino
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Casīnum |
| genitive | Casīnī |
| dative | Casīnō |
| accusative | Casīnum |
| ablative | Casīnō |
| vocative | Casīnum |
| locative | Casīnī |
Derived terms
References
- “Căsīnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Căsīnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 270/2.
- “Casīnum” on page 281/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Villar: Villar, F. La complessità dei livelli di stratificazione indoeuropea nell'Europa occidentale, in Bocchi, G., Ceruti, M. (eds.), Le radici prime dell'Europa, Milano 2001.
- ^ Varro, De lingua latina, VII,28-29
Further reading
Etymology 2
Regularly declined forms of Casīnus.
Adjective
Casīnum
- inflection of Casīnus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular